The Stumbras Herald
Match12 Aug 2026
The small margins put Stumbras out
Out, 1‑5 to Suduva, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Stumbras turn down Siauliai for Rokas Girdvainis
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Marius Dubickas out for 30 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Stumbras will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Stumbras are taken apart by Suduva — and the town wants answers
It finished 1-5. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Stumbras
Rokas Girdvainis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match12 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Stumbras and Suduva in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Stumbras training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Deividas Satkus is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Deividas Satkus
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Stumbras count the cost of losing Maksym Babenko
19 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Boardroom Nobody left the Stumbras dressing room in a hurry
- The dugout Edgaras Girdvainis: “No excuses”
- The dugout The form table has caught Tadas Satkus